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United States Patent | 6,257,768 |
Martin | July 10, 2001 |
A combination of a bearing and a housing for the bearing in an internal combustion engine as described, the bearing including two substantially semi-circular half-bearing shells comprising a first half-shell bearing having a first wall thickness and a second half-shell bearing having a second wall thickness wherein the first wall thickness is different from the second wall thickness and the first and second half-shells have a substantially common bore diameter when assembled in the housing.
Inventors: | Martin; John William (High Wycombe, GB) |
Assignee: | Dana Corporation (Toledo, OH) |
Appl. No.: | 430399 |
Filed: | October 29, 1999 |
Oct 30, 1998[GB] | 9823674 |
Current U.S. Class: | 384/430; 384/288 |
Intern'l Class: | F16C 033/06 |
Field of Search: | 384/276,288,294,295,428-434,906 74/579 R 123/195 R |
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